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  • Title: Measurement of macular fractal dimension using a computer-assisted program.
    Author: Thomas GN, Ong SY, Tham YC, Hsu W, Lee ML, Lau QP, Tay W, Alessi-Calandro J, Hodgson L, Kawasaki R, Wong TY, Cheung CY.
    Journal: Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci; 2014 Apr 09; 55(4):2237-43. PubMed ID: 24526443.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: Macular diseases may be associated with an altered retinal vasculature. We describe and test new software for the measurement of retinal vascular fractal dimension to quantify the complexity of retinal vasculature at the macula (D mac) and to compare this with fractal dimension measured around the optic disc (D disc). METHODS: A total of 342 macular-centered and optic disc-centered digital retinal photographs from 171 subjects was selected randomly from a population-based study. Retinal vascular fractional dimension (Df) was measured by two trained graders using a computer-assisted program (SIVA-FA, software version 1.0, National University of Singapore) on macula-centered (D mac) and optic disc-centered (D disc) photographs, to assess intergrader reliability. Measurements were repeated after two weeks to determine intragrader reliability. A separate 50 pairs of consecutively repeated images were selected and measured using SIVA-FA to assess intrasession reliability. Reliability analyses were conducted using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC), and multiple linear regression analyses were performed to compare factors associated with D mac and D disc measurements. RESULTS: The mean (SD) D mac and D disc values were 1.453 (0.060) and 1.484 (0.043), respectively, and were highly correlated (r = 0.70, P < 0.001). Intragrader, intergrader, and intrasession reliability for both Df measures was high (ICCs ranging from 0.88-0.99). In multiple regression analyses, age (both β = -0.03, P < 0.001) and hypertension (β = -0.02, P = 0.011; β = -0.02, P = 0.021, respectively) were independently associated with D mac and D disc. CONCLUSIONS: The complexity of the retinal vasculature in the macula can be measured reliably and may be a useful tool to study parafoveal vascular networks in macula diseases, such as diabetic maculopathy.
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